WATCH: Butch Jones goes on rant regarding negativity, fake news surrounding Tennessee football program
During his Monday afternoon press conference, Tennessee head coach Butch Jones went on an epic rant unlike any other he’s had during his time on Rocky Top
The episode occurred during the closing segment of his press conference and was sparked when multiple local reporters asked Jones about Shy Tuttle’s injury. (There have been local rumors that Tuttle was assaulted by a teammate, forcing him to miss the UMass game.)
When asked about Tuttle’s injury, here’s what Jones had to say:
“The injury was caused not by a teammate. He landed on a helmet and that’s the truth,” Jones answered. “We have to understand, what do we want out of our media? This place with the drama. These are kids and I think we all have children and we are all adults. Are we focused on Tennessee football?
“From a recruiting standpoint, from all the positive things we’ve done, from all the positive things this football program brings to the community, this great fan base — are we in the reality world of TV? I think all of us as human beings have to self-check ourselves. You may not like that answer, but I’m a father, I have three boys, and I think we sometimes put ourselves in the role of a parent, and I understand we all have jobs to do…
“My job description, I’m the caretaker of Tennessee football. I’m here to develop and grow a football program, recruit the best possible student-athletes to represent the University of Tennessee and win football game and graduate our players. That’s my responsibility. I take that very seriously.
“But also, I love our kids and I’m going to protect our players and I’m going to protect our program. Sometimes the negativity is overwhelming. If everyone is Vol fans, how do we let our opponents use this in the recruiting process with fake news?
Jones closed his press conference with this final thought.
“There comes a certain time where enough is enough,” Jones continued. “So thank you, you guys have a great day, look forward to seeing you Wednesday. Go Vols.”
Here’s the end to Butch Jones’ press conference pic.twitter.com/8M9IOQdQWX
— Saturday Down South (@SDS) September 25, 2017
care·tak·er
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noun
1. a person employed to look after a public building or a house in the owner’s absence.
An unusually accurate word choice for Butch to describe himself.
you call that a rant? LOL
I wouldn’t… he needs to turn 50 more shades of red before I would call it a rant…
I copied and pasted the rant. It is below.
During his Monday afternoon press conference, Tennessee head coach Butch Jones went on an epic rant unlike any other he’s had during his time on Rocky Top
The episode occurred during the closing segment of his press conference and was sparked when multiple local reporters asked Jones about Shy Tuttle’s injury. (There have been local rumors that Tuttle was assaulted by a teammate, forcing him to miss the UMass game.)
When asked about Tuttle’s injury, here’s what Jones had to say:
“The injury was caused not by a teammate. He landed on a helmet and that’s the truth,” Jones answered. “We have to understand, what do we want out of our media? This place with the drama. These are kids and I think we all have children and we are all adults. Are we focused on Tennessee football?
“From a recruiting standpoint, from all the positive things we’ve done, from all the positive things this football program brings to the community, this great fan base — are we in the reality world of TV? I think all of us as human beings have to self-check ourselves. You may not like that answer, but I’m a father, I have three boys, and I think we sometimes put ourselves in the role of a parent, and I understand we all have jobs to do…
“My job description, I’m the caretaker of Tennessee football. I’m here to develop and grow a football program, recruit the best possible student-athletes to represent the University of Tennessee and win football game and graduate our players. That’s my responsibility. I take that very seriously.
“But also, I love our kids and I’m going to protect our players and I’m going to protect our program. Sometimes the negativity is overwhelming. If everyone is Vol fans, how do we let our opponents use this in the recruiting process with fake news?
Jones closed his press conference with this final thought.
“There comes a certain time where enough is enough,” Jones continued. “So thank you, you guys have a great day, look forward to seeing you Wednesday. Go Vols.”
BREAKING: Biscuit Brother Shy Turtle injured his face by falling on a helmet, per Butch Jones. No word on whether or not it will affect his ability to inhale an Allstar Breakfast, 6 Bojangles biscuits, and everything on the Golden Corral buffet line. You can’t make this stuff up folks – things seem to be going really well in Knoxville this year.
More like dirty player from UGA takes a cheap shot at a players knee and the classless UGA fans think it’s cool.
I really don’t think Kublanow would do that intentionally
Stevie Wonder could see it was a cheap shot.
Maybe you’re a little biased Volbeef. He can’t stay healthy anyway
He was healthy prior to the cheap shot from a player with a reputation for cheap shots.
And yes I am biased. But that doesn’t change the fact it was a cheap shot.
Man, I usually just read these articles and move along, but for some reason I clicked your profile and read through your most recent comments. You are what is wrong with college sports. At no point have you added anything of value to any discussion. Instead, you spit venom at college kids. I’m sure you will have some “witty” and dismissive response to me. I don’t care. I just want you to know that there is at least one person out here that think you — and folks like you — are an embarassment to the Georgia brand. UGA deserves better. Tennessee deserves better. And a bunch of kids with more athletic talent than you or I will ever know deserve better. Enjoy your Monday.
NOTE: I see you have copy pasted your comment above on multiple articles. I will be doing the same to each.
That was a 5 star rant.
Now that’s funny.
Where’s the rant?
. It is below.
During his Monday afternoon press conference, Tennessee head coach Butch Jones went on an epic rant unlike any other he’s had during his time on Rocky Top
The episode occurred during the closing segment of his press conference and was sparked when multiple local reporters asked Jones about Shy Tuttle’s injury. (There have been local rumors that Tuttle was assaulted by a teammate, forcing him to miss the UMass game.)
When asked about Tuttle’s injury, here’s what Jones had to say:
“The injury was caused not by a teammate. He landed on a helmet and that’s the truth,” Jones answered. “We have to understand, what do we want out of our media? This place with the drama. These are kids and I think we all have children and we are all adults. Are we focused on Tennessee football?
“From a recruiting standpoint, from all the positive things we’ve done, from all the positive things this football program brings to the community, this great fan base — are we in the reality world of TV? I think all of us as human beings have to self-check ourselves. You may not like that answer, but I’m a father, I have three boys, and I think we sometimes put ourselves in the role of a parent, and I understand we all have jobs to do…
“My job description, I’m the caretaker of Tennessee football. I’m here to develop and grow a football program, recruit the best possible student-athletes to represent the University of Tennessee and win football game and graduate our players. That’s my responsibility. I take that very seriously.
“But also, I love our kids and I’m going to protect our players and I’m going to protect our program. Sometimes the negativity is overwhelming. If everyone is Vol fans, how do we let our opponents use this in the recruiting process with fake news?
Jones closed his press conference with this final thought.
“There comes a certain time where enough is enough,” Jones continued. “So thank you, you guys have a great day, look forward to seeing you Wednesday. Go Vols.”
This is simply and blatantly false. You Sir should be ashamed. This was in no way a rant. Good Lord. Perhaps he simply hit home. At least for you
The rant was by Michael Wayne Bratton.
Butch is frustrated, it happens.
How would Nick Saban have responded?
“He had an accident and we expect him back soon.”
Done.
This is only about half as ranty as Barry Odom’s rant from a few days ago